Kategorie-Archiv: Accident

A Delta Air Lines McDonnell Douglas MD-88 (N909DL) skidded off a runway during landing at new York La Guardia. All 125 passengers and 5 crew were able to exit the aircraft via emergency exits. Additional information are provided here:

There are reports that an MD-83 (registration EC-LTV) of Spanish company Swiftair crashed. The aircraft was operating Air Algerie flight AH5017 from Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) to Algiers (Algeria) with 110 passengers and 6 crew when contact was lost over Mali airspace about 50 minutes into the flight. MD-80.com will upload a page about this accident shortly. Thank you.

The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) released the information that Dana Air “is free to resume flight operations”. The airline was forced to suspend their ops on December 6th, 2013. It is officially not known, when Dana Air will resume their schedule. As mentioned before, the airline purchased two Boeing 737-500s as Dana Air sought to phase out “its old McDonnell Douglas aircraft” in a move to enhance “safety-standards” etc.. The switch to Boeing 737s as direct reaction of the deteriorated image of the MD-80 in Nigeria after the crash of an MD-83 of Dana Air in 2012 would be the first case in the history of the MD-80series. There are also continued demands within Nigeria to ban the MD-80 in the interest of enhanced safety. Despite a much improved situation, Nigeria ranks amongst the countries with a suboptimal standard of aviation-safety and-culture.

Today marks the fifth anniversary of the crash of an MD-82 of Spanair. 154 of the 172 occupants died when the aircraft crashed shortly after take-off for a scheduled flight from Madrid to Gran Canaria.

Two MD-80-crashes occurred on August 16th. The first one happened in 1987 when a MD-82 of Northwest Airlines (flight NW255) crashed shortly after take-off from Detroit. 156 people died and only one passenger survived this crash. 18 years later, a West Caribbean Airways MD-82 crashed over Venezuela while flying from Panama to Martinique (flight YH708) with 160 fatalities and no survivors.

According to a report published in “The Wall Street Journal”, the crash of the ill-fated MD-83 of Dana Air was likely caused by the crew’s failure to properly monitor fuel flow and usage of certain fuel pumps during the flight. On June 3, 2012, this MD-83 crashed while on approach to Lagos after a scheduled flight from Lagos, killing about 160 people.

The accident investigation is not yet finished but newest information claim that the aircraft experienced problems with one engine after approx. 17 minutes into the flight, followed by problems with the second engine. Current information state that the pilots failed to use the correct way to use the fuel pumps to ensure fuel flow which resulted in a nearly simultaneous loss of power on both engines during approach to Lagos due to lack of fuel.

The MD-83 had “plenty of fuel aboard” – fuel starvation can be ruled out as the reason for the loss of both engines. There are also no indications that the engines nor fuel pumps had technical problems. However it was published that the pilots spent the last 25 seconds until the crash with unsuccessful restarts of the engines.

Nigerian company „Dana Air“ officially stated that they are in the final stages of obtaining the permission to resume their ops soon. A spokesman of Dana Air added that „we are also looking at renewing our fleet with more modern and newer aircraft“. This measure is believed to be one step to boost (or restore) public confidence in the airline, especially against the backdrop of public hysteria against MD-80-aircraft.

In the headlines are also the first interim payments for victims of the crashed MD-83 of approx. 30,000 US Dollars each for 90 families of the 153 people who perished aboard the crashed airplane.

Today marks the 11th anniversary of the tragic crash of an #MD87 of #SAS at Milan-Linate. All 114 people aboard two aircraft died when the MD87 collided with a business jet. Four additional people perished after the MD87 slammed into a luggage hangar. The aircraft was scheduled to operate flight #SK686 from Milan to Copenhagen.

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the crash of Northwest Airlines flight 255. The MD-82 crashed shortly after take-off from Detroit on its way to Orange County via Phoenix. All 149 passengers and six crew + two persons on the ground perished except for a 4-year old girl who was aboard with her family. Today also marks the 7th anniversary of the crash of West Caribbean Airways flight 708. The MD-82 crashed on its way from Panama City to Martinique over Venezuela. All 160 passengers and crew died.